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Jack Welch, the Man Who Broke Capitalism (2022)

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122 points throw0101b | 2 comments | 02 Jul 25 10:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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flyinghamster ◴[02 Jul 25 11:41 UTC] No.44442487[source]▶
Um, why was someone's perfectly reasonable take downvoted to oblivion? Too much of a newcomer? Too many Welch devotees here?

As far as I'm concerned, Welch turned GE from an industrial behemoth that more than lived up to its name, to a pale shadow of itself that has sold off almost everything. "Outsource Everything" has been an absolute disaster for our economy that will take decades to dig out of, if we even have the will to try.

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code_for_monkey ◴[02 Jul 25 12:57 UTC] No.44443194[source]▶
the culture on this site is a combination of reddit tech bro and linkedIn ceo-poster. Everyone here thinks they are the next great founder. You will toe the line of capital expansion over all or get downvoted.
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1. kevin_thibedeau ◴[02 Jul 25 14:08 UTC] No.44443936[source]▶
I remember being downvoted for pointing out Musk's narcissism years ago when he was a saint on this site. The HN hive mind has it's own panoply of topics that are taboo to the tribe. On the plus side, I have noticed fewer unfair downvotes in the past few years. I rarely have to vouch for someone who makes a reasoned statement that offends the local snowflakes.
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2. code_for_monkey ◴[02 Jul 25 14:43 UTC] No.44444391[source]▶
I get downvoted every time I point out that generative AI is at this point mostly a bad faith tech used by scammers and over confident CEO's desperate to lay people off.
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